''Three Cuckoo Clocks'' (German: ''Die drei Kuckucksuhren'') is a 1926 German silent

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directed by Lothar Mendes and starring

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Nina Vanna Nina Kind Hakim Provatoroff, known by her stage name of Nina Vanna ( Yazykova; 27 September 1899 – 8 November 1953), was a Russian-born British film actress who appeared in a number of silent films during the 1920s. She sometimes played in ...

and Nils Asther. The film's sets were designed by the

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Hans Jacoby. It premiered at the

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on 25 May 1926. It was based on a novel by Georg Mühlen-Schulte. Unlike many of Mendes' films from the period, which are now considered

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, it still survives.Bock and Bergfelder p.319 It was released in the United States by

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under the alternative title of ''Adventure Mad''.

Cast

as Gladys Clifton *

as Mary Davids * Nils Asther as Reginald Ellis *

Eric Barclay Eric Barclay (born Erik Altberg, 1894–1938) was a Swedish film actor. Barclay became a prominent actor in French silent films of the early 1920s, often working with director Jacques de Baroncelli.Powrie & Rebillard p.28 He also appeared in Germa ...

as Lord Ernest Clifton * Paul Graetz as Hotel Manager *

Albert Steinrück Albert Steinrück (20 May 1872 – 10 February 1929) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1929. He starred in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...

as Mason * Hermann Vallentin as Lakington

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996.

External links

* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films 1926 drama films German drama films Films directed by Lothar Mendes Films based on German novels Films set in England Films produced by Erich Pommer German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films Silent drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub